Ever heard this before? “Slow-moving, backwards Southern town with an inferiority complex.” Nope, it’s not an extended version of Time magazine’s infamous description of Memphis as a “backwater...
Read MoreIt’s been said that the Wharton Administration will announce some striking changes in City Hall soon, and in light of that, we reprise this post of September 13: The listening tour on merging governments was based on a...
Read MoreIf Memphis was a real estate business, we would say that it suffers from a low occupancy rate. If we ran a shopping center with this problem, we could spend some money making it more attractive and offering special leases, we...
Read MoreIt’s the worst kept secret at Memphis City Schools that almost every one of its schools is expected to hit the state’s failing schools list later this year. That’s because Tennessee Department of Education is finally getting...
Read MoreAs the tenures of two city leaders – one in the arts, one in downtown development – come to an end, we’re hard-pressed to think of a better legacy for them than the Memphis College of Arts Graduate School in the South Main...
Read MoreGreat cities are able to do more than one thing at a time. They build great parks, they help revitalize neighborhoods and they provide safety net services. In the city version of thinking we can’t chew gum and walk at the same...
Read MoreNo one says it better than Memphis City Schools Superintendent Kriner Cash. “Getting an effective teacher cannot be a lottery ticket for our students,” he said. “This is simply not acceptable.” That’s the most exciting part of...
Read MoreHere’s the conclusion from a state think tank’s report that will be no surprise to anyone here: Memphians’ taxes are high and inequitable. It’s the unequivocable conclusion from the Tennessee Advisory Commission on...
Read MoreWhen Willie W. Herenton left Memphis City Schools as its superintendent following his election as Memphis mayor, the City of Memphis budget that he inherited was just slightly smaller than the one he managed at the school...
Read MoreJohn Branston of Memphis Flyer suggests that there is math homework that Memphis City Council needs to attend to before giving Memphis City Schools any more money. He writes: Call it “The Case of the Missing 7,000 Students.” ...
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by Bill Day. Memphian Bill Day is two-time winner of the RFK Journalism Award in Cartooning. His cartoons are syndicated internationally by Cagle Cartoons. Cartoons Archive →